discovering her. Palaestrio! O Palaestrio!PALAESTRIO Sceledrus! O Sceledrus! What is it you want?SCELEDRUS This lady that has come out of that house just now—is she Philocomasium, our master’s lady, or is she not?PALAESTRIO I’ faith, I think, it seems to be she. But ’tis a wondrous thing how she could pass from our house to next door; if, indeed, it is she.SCELEDRUS And have you any doubt that this is she?PALAESTRIO It seems to be she. SCELEDRUS Let us approach her, and accost her. Hallo! how’s this, Philocomasium? What is there owing to you in that house? What is your business there? Why are you silent now? I am speaking to you.PALAESTRIO No, faith, you are talking to yourself; for nothing at all does she answer.SCELEDRUS I am addressing you, woman, brimful of viciousness and disgrace, who are roaming about among your neighbours.PHILOCOMASIUM To whom are you talking? SCELEDRUS To whom but to yourself?PHILOCOMASIUM What person are you? Or what business have you with me?SCELEDRUS O, you ask me who I am, do you?PHILOCOMASIUM Why shouldn’t I ask that which I don’t know?PALAESTRIO Who am I, then, if you don’t know him?PHILOCOMASIUM You are an annoyance to me, whoever you are, both you and he.SCELEDRUS What? don’t you know us? PHILOCOMASIUM No, neither of you.SCELEDRUS I very much fear— PALAESTRIO What do you fear?